(Ann's POV) As Adele and Gabe pull away from the house, Ann takes Willo back inside and closes the door. "What would you like to do sweet boy?" Ann asks with a smile. Willo just coos in her arms. "How about a snack?" She says walking to the kitchen. Still holding Willo, Ann moves around the kitchen while humming softly the lullaby Lavender's Blue (Dilly, Dilly). Ann makes a bottle for Willo and gets a small bunch of grapes for herself. She softly walks to the living room and sets the items on the coffee table. She sits down on the couch and adjusts herself comfortably. She places a pillow under her arm and adjusts Willo. She grabs the bottle and starts to feed him. While still humming Ann notices that Willo really isn't taking the bottle. "What's wrong? Are you not hungry?" she asks while taking the bottle and setting it down on the table. "That's alright little one. How bout I sing to you and you just take a nap. Nan and Daddy will be home before you know it." Ann begins to sing the lullaby she was humming and Willo starts to close his eyes. When she feels that Willo is fast asleep she stops singing and just sits there on the couch holding him watching his beautiful face and using her thumb to rub his cheek. A few minutes go by and Ann decides to eat her grapes while he is napping. She takes a grapes and places it in her mouth. No sooner did she close her mouth Willo's eyes shoot open and he lets out a scream that would make one think someone's being murdered. Ann almost chokes on her grape. She spits it out and looks down at Willo. "What's wrong?" she asks while trying to calm him. The more Ann talks the louder Willo gets. 'I don't know what I did wrong.' Ann says to herself. While trying to comfort Willo she notices his deep red gums. "Poor thing. You're teething." she says as she holds him close. "Let's get you something cold to suck on and see if that help." Ann says getting up from the couch. Ann takes one of the baby washcloths and takes an ice cube from the freezer and places it on the cloth. She then puts the cloth in a baggie and seals it. She puts the ice cube around Willo's mouth. He slowly opens it and she starts to rub it on his swollen gums. Willo calms down and starts to close his eyes again. "You poor thing. I don't know how we missed this." Ann says with a soft smile. "I'm sorry my love." she says while leaning in and kissing his forehead. While trying to comfort Willo, Ann starts to chant without realizing it.
{French}
Par la terre et les airs,
Par le feu et l'eau.
Ainsi entendrez-vous mon appel.
Pouvoirs de naissance et de renaissance.
Pouvoirs du silence et de la paix.
Guérissez le corps et l'esprit de Willo.
{English}
By Earth and Air,
By Fire and Water.
So shall you hear my call.
Powers of birth and rebirth.
Powers of silence and peace.
Heal Willo's body and mind.
Willo opens his eyes and smiles up at Ann. The ice seems to be working for now. Ann gets Willo ready to give him a bath. Ann walks into the bathroom and starts the water. In one hand holding Willo she turns on the water with her free hand. She then picks up the seat for the baby bath. Placing the seat in the tub, Ann then moves to shut the water off. She undresses Willo and places him in the seat. She lets Willo hold the baggie with the cloth and the ice cube while she gets some of the baby soap on another cloth and starts to wash him. Ann starts to hum again as she gives Willo his bath. After about fifteen minutes or so Ann has finished giving Willo his bath, she's dried him and rubbed him down with lotion. She powders his butt and gets him all dressed and ready for more cuddles. The ice has been gone and been melted for awhile now but Willo seems to be content. The best she can manage, Ann spreads a blanket on the floor and places Willo in the center. She puts pillows about six inches from him in a square. "Alright. Don't you go anywhere. I'm taking this bottle back to the kitchen and making a new one for you. You just keep laying there and being cute." Ann says with a smile. She gets up off the floor and takes the bottle off the coffee table. She makes her way to the kitchen. She empties the first bottle into the sink then she rinses it out. While making the second bottle fore him Ann grabs the formula container and tries to open it when she hears Willo scream again. Ann tosses the container and runs out to the living room. There Willo is. He's screaming till his face turns a deep red. "You poor thing. The pain came back huh?" She says with a sad look. Willo wants no part of it. He starts to kick his legs and wave his arms. Ann goes to pick him up and gets a small shock. With a worried look she looks at her hands then at Willo. She goes to pick him up again but this time there was no shock. 'I must have imagined it.' Ann says to herself. After picking him up, Ann holds him tight and tries her best to get him to calm down. "Hush my sweet. It will be alright." Ann says to Willo. Willo continues to scream and cry. Ann places Willo back down inside the pillows and runs to the wall sized cabinet in the den. She pulls the doors open and franticly searches the shelves in search of a red cotton cord. She finally finds the spool on the back of the bottom shelf. She then grabs the antique shears and snips off a decent length of it. She continues to search till she finds a small metal dish and some matches. Not bothering to close the doors, Ann runs back into the living room with Willo. "Good. You're still in the same spot. I don't know what I would do if you started to roll while teething. You would never be happy." Ann says. She sits on the floor and takes the cord in her hand. She coils the cord and closes it insider her hands closed in a shell, next she closes her eyes. She whispers to the cord in her hands. Lastly she kisses her hands where they meet and then opens her eyes. Ann starts by taking the cord in her hands. She rubs it on Willo's mouth. Then she ties a single knot at one of the ends of the cord. She begins to chant softly.
